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HB0015

Wyoming House Bill 0015: School Safety and Security Program

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In one sentence

This bill proposed creating a unit within the attorney general's office to manage a statewide school safety program, including a confidential tip line, but it did not pass the legislature.

What it does

  • Creates a unit of school safety and security within the division of criminal investigation of the office of the attorney general.
  • Requires the creation of a comprehensive statewide school safety and security program that includes methods for anonymous reporting of unsafe, harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities in schools.
  • Establishes a confidential tip line that allows anonymous reporting via telephone landline, website, mobile telephone application, or cellular text messaging.
  • Transfers $686,610 in federal homeland security funds and two full-time at-will staff positions from the office of homeland security to the attorney general for the operation of the unit.
  • Designates records concerning reports or tips as confidential information that is not a public record and can only be produced in court under specific conditions involving criminal defendants.

Who it affects

  • The office of the attorney general, which would oversee the new unit and receive the transferred funds and staff.
  • The office of homeland security, which would transfer the specified funds and staff positions.
  • Schools, school districts, and local law enforcement agencies that would receive safety information and cooperate with the program.
  • Students, parents, and staff who would use the anonymous reporting system.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass the House of Representatives and therefore did not become law.
  • The provided bill text is truncated, so details about additional funding allocations or reporting requirements in later sections are not included.
  • The bill specifies that the funding and position transfers are for a period ending in 2018, but the overall effective date of the act is not specified in the provided text.

Plain language

Terms to know

Unit of School Safety and Security
A new unit created within the division of criminal investigation of the office of the attorney general to supervise and direct school safety activities.
Confidential Information
Records concerning reports or tips received by the program that are not public records and can only be produced in court pursuant to a court order in specific criminal cases.
At-Will Positions
Full-time jobs that are transferred from the office of homeland security to the attorney general, authorized for a specific period ending June 30, 2018.

Official record

Sources

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Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 7, 1:00 AM

Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes the bill due to concerns about relying on uncertain federal funding and fears that it creates a new agency rather than simply transferring resources.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:03:31 Watch the statement
Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes the bill because a similar system is already in place and not working, making it unnecessary to recreate it.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:04:29 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill to establish a better-coordinated public school security system by moving funds and personnel for greater efficiency.

Public statementFloor statement at 1:04:53 Watch the statement

If a lawmaker is not listed, we couldn't find a published reason.

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

1 roll call

H Failed Introduction 26-32-2-0-02016-02-08 · House26 yes 32 no
Yes
26
No
32
Absent
0
Excused
2
Conflict
0

Yes 26

Albert P Sommers Jr.H20Andrew W SchwartzH23BROWN SPEAKERCatherine R ConnollyH13Charles F PelkeyH45Dan R KirkbrideH04David E NorthrupH50Eric BarlowR · H03Glenn W MonizH46James W ByrdH44Jerry D PaxtonH47JoAnn R DaytonH17John C EklundH10John L FreemanH60Ken A EsquibelH41Mark S KinnerH29Mary A ThroneH11Rita CampbellH34Rosie M BergerH51Samuel P KroneH24Stanley L BlakeH39Susan S WilsonH07Timothy M StubsonH56William H PownallH52ZWONITZER, DNZWONITZER, DV

No 32

Allen M JaggiH19Bob NicholasR · H08Carl R LoucksH59Cheri SteinmetzR · H05Clifford M JenningsH30David R MillerH55Donald E Burkhart JrH15Elaine HarveyH26Fred A BaldwinH18Garry C PiiparinenH49Hans HuntH02Harlan J EdmondsH12James R AllenH33Kendell R KroekerH35LARSEN LLOYDLAURSEN DANMark H BakerH48Martha D HalversonH22Michael D GreearH27Michael K MaddenH40Nathan A WintersH28Norine A KasperikH32Richard L CannadyH06Robert M McKimH21Roy H EdwardsH53Ruth A PetroffH16Scott M ClemH31Theodore J BlackburnH42Thomas A LockhartH57Thomas F ReederH58Thomas J WaltersH38Tyler E LindholmH01

Excused 2

Gerald GayH36Steve HarshmanR · H37

Official activity

Bill history

  1. H Failed Introduction 26-32-2-0-0House
  2. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  3. Bill Number AssignedLSO